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In 2001, after over a decade in the business, the author quit stand-up, disillusioned and drained, and went off to direct a loss-making musical, Jerry Springer: The Opera. In this book, he details his return to live performance, and the journey that took him from an early retirement to his position as a critically acclaimed stand-up in Britain.
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How I Escaped My Certain Fate, Stewart Lee
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- Released
- 2010
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- How I Escaped My Certain Fate
- Subtitle
- The Life and Deaths of a Stand-Up Comedian
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Stewart Lee
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 394
- ISBN10
- 0571254810
- ISBN13
- 9780571254811
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, True Stories, Biographies, Humor, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Opinion Journalism & Essays, Comedies, Performing Arts, Comedians
- Rating
- 4.35 out of 5
- Description
- In 2001, after over a decade in the business, the author quit stand-up, disillusioned and drained, and went off to direct a loss-making musical, Jerry Springer: The Opera. In this book, he details his return to live performance, and the journey that took him from an early retirement to his position as a critically acclaimed stand-up in Britain.